Benbournie, South Australia

Benbournie
Benbournie; South Australia
	Benbournie
Coordinates	33°50′0″S138°33′0″E / 33.83333°S 138.55000°E Coordinates: 33°50′0″S138°33′0″E / 33.83333°S 138.55000°E
Postcode(s)	5453
Location	7 km (4 mi) west of Clare ; 7 km (4 mi) east of Blyth ;
LGA(s)	District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Region	Mid North
State electorate(s)	Frome
Federal Division(s)	Grey
	Localities around Benbournie:

Last updated August 22, 2019

Benbournie (formerly Benbourni) is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, approximately halfway between the towns of Clare and Blyth. The formal boundaries of the locality were established in January 2001 with regard to the long established local name. The north-eastern corner contains a number of gazetted homesteads.^[1]

The town of Clare is located in South Australia in the Mid North region, 136 km north of Adelaide. It gives its name to the Clare Valley wine and tourist region.

Blyth is a small town in the Mid North of South Australia, located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of the renowned Clare Valley. The town is located on the lands of the Kaurna people, the indigenous people who lived there before European settlement. It has a population of 306, the farming community spanning the plains between the Clare Hills and the Barunga/Hummocks ranges. Altitude is 189 metres (620 ft), and rainfall is approximately 400 millimetres (16 in) per annum.

It is considered a 'lost' town (i.e. a planned town that was never subdivided), although the area was surveyed by a Private Holledge of the Royal Sappers and Miners in the 19th century.^[2] It was described as "situated near to and north-west of Emu Flat in section 2083" of the Hundred of Blyth.

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References

↑ "Search result(s) for Benbournie, 5453". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
↑ "The Manning Index of South Australian History". Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

Historically the place was known to locals as "Bumburnie" - see ref. notes at bottom RH corner of Page 32 of "Manning's Place names of South Australia" book

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[mapviewer-1] "Search result(s) for Benbournie, 5453". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

[2] "The Manning Index of South Australian History". Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2016.